Sharon Osbourne has proclaimed herself a big fan of an AI-generated song performed by a fictitious rapper linked to a far-right political party.

The widow of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne and former judge of TV talent shows The X Factor and America’s Got Talent commented, “Love love this song” on an Instagram post of the song This Is England – AI-generated slop by an artist called Danny Bones, who doesn’t really exist.

Bones is a creation by the Node Project, a shadowy creative agency that has used the Bones character to intervene in politics – including in the Gorton and Denton by-election, where the Greens ended up beating Reform into second place.

In March Novara Media and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism revealed links between the Node Project and Ben Habib’s Advance UK – a far-right party that emerged from Habib’s split from Reform UK. At the time, Bones’ content had racked up nearly three million views across YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.

The AI music video clip for This is England that Osbourne commented on features Bones walking along a high street with people of varying ethnicities, strung with flags from Pakistan, Ghana, Palestine, Nigeria and a confused, AI slop version of South Africa, while he sings: “I hate to confess that I’m seeing pride dying.” Bones then begins to lead a crowd of white men carrying St George’s crosses with their fists in the air.

Elsewhere in the full song, Bones bemoans that “benefits are rampant, the borders are opening”. Bones’ videos often feature nationalist imagery and civil unrest against a backdrop of a crumbling Britain featuring boarded up shops, young black men with their hoods up and a statue of Winston Churchill spraypainted red.

In another, he goes on a rampage through a dystopian Britain with an assault rifle, before sharing a kiss with the “cute goth girl” character called Amelia – once a Home Office anti-radicalisation character who has been co-opted by the far-right and now added into the Danny Bones extended universe. His most recent video is a “memoir” of an imagined UK civil war between “Patriots” and the “Islamist Front”, entering its fourth year in 2029.

Osbourne has courted controversy in recent months by appearing to support far-right political figures and causes.

On 14 April she responded to a video of former EDL leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (better known as Tommy Robinson) promoting this year’s Unite the Kingdom rally, via ‘citizen journalism’ account Gauci Reports.

Last year’s event drew between 100,000 and 150,000 people to London to hear far-right influencers and anti-Islam politicians from around the world speak. Attendees carried union jacks, St George’s flags, Israeli flags and oversized crosses, with some dressed as mediaeval crusaders, while others shouted far-right slogans or chanted “NF” [National Front].

Osbourne’s official account posted “see you at the march” under the Instagram video of Yaxley-Lennon.

In response, homelessness charity Centrepoint said it would cut ties with Osbourne after recently engaging her as an ambassador for one of their campaigns. Centrepoint said of the Unite the Kingdom march, “This sort of event does not align with our values.”

The Gauci Reports account replied “Yes Sharon” and even published a separate post celebrating her support, with the caption: “CONFIRMED: SHARON OSBOURNE ‘See you at the march’. The Queen of Rock replied to my Instagram post yesterday. After years of watching Britain change, especially her home town of Birmingham, she’s standing up!”

Danny Bones has endorsed the upcoming Unite the Kingdom event, encouraging people to join the “patriotic gathering” to “make the numbers undeniable” in another AI video.

Both of the controversial comments from Osbourne’s Instagram account remain live and have not been deleted.

While Osbourne’s support for a Tommy Robinson event and far-right linked AI musician may seem surprising for a mainstream talent contest judge and reality TV star, Osbourne’s career has been peppered with controversy.

Perhaps most famously, she left US chat show The Talk in 2021 after an on-air row with co-host Sheryl Underwood, who accused Osbourne of giving “validation” to “racist” views when she defended Piers Morgan over his comments about Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, saying, “People forget that you’re paid for your opinion and that you’re just speaking your truth.”

Osbourne has also been an outspoken defender of the state of Israel during its genocide in Gaza, even suggesting that Palestinian men are facilitating the starvation of women and children in the besieged enclave to gain global sympathy.

Osbourne also called for Irish rap trio Kneecap’s US visas to be revoked over their 2025 Coachella performance, claiming their set included “projections of anti-Israel messages and hate speech”.

In 2024, Osbourne signed a letter calling for Israel to be allowed to perform in Eurovision, along with Boy George and Gene Simmons, following calls for Israel to be banned from the competition over its genocidal campaign in Gaza.

The following year, along with 1,200 entertainment industry names, she signed an open letter coordinated by pro-Israel organisation Creative Community for Peace, denouncing calls for Israel to be boycotted from film institutions. The letter claimed that 4,000 artists who signed a boycott pledge had been “misled into amplifying antisemitic propaganda”.

In 2018, Osbourne said of her husband playing in Israel: “Listen, I’m half a heeb [A slang term for a Jew]. We play where we wanna play.”

Osbourne’s support appears not to have gone unnoticed by the Norse Project. In a recent Danny Bones’s video, an Ozzy Osbourne poster can be seen on the wall of his bedroom.

Osbourne’s publicist and agent have been approached for comment.

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